The Springboks face Italy in a rare meeting on South African soil as the world champions begin their international action for ...

Former players reflect on Nelson Mandela's inspirational role in South Africa's first Rugby World Cup triumph 30 years ago.

The South African franchise sides of the Bulls, Sharks, Stormers and Lions began competing in the URC in 2021, and the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup the following year, as they broke away from ...

As the championship match of the 2023 Rugby World Cup ticked into its last half minute, South Africa’s Springboks, the defending champions, girded themselves for a brutal final stand.

For some, however, the Springbok jersey remains a symbol of the nation's oppressive white minority rule. History of rugby in South Africa. The system of apartheid in South Africa came into being in ...

South Africa’s four Rugby World Cup triumphs — 1995, 2007, 2019 and 2023 — have produced some of the greatest players and ...

Nov. 2, 2023. The towering hall ... who was captain of the 1995 South African squad, said in a phone interview. ... Fans in Soweto, South Africa, during the Springbok victory parade on Thursday.